Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Results of the August North Dakota State Land Lease Auction -- North Dakota, USA

Results for the North Dakota state oil and gas lease auction for August, 2011.

A big 'thank you' to "anon 1" for alerting me to this most recent auction. I completely forgot about it.

Highlights of the auction

Hettinger County (southwest North Dakota):
  • Classic Petroleum was the lone winner in this county this time: a bit over 2,000 acres for about $1,000/acre.
Slope County (southwest North Dakota):
  • Classic Petroleum picked up about 1,600 acres for about $1,600/acre.
  • Pacer Energy picked up about 2,000 acres for about $200/acre; as low as $25/acre; as much as $1,500/acre.
McKenzie County (core Bakken):
  • KOG picked up the only acres leased here: 320 acres at $7,300/acre.
Divide County (northwest North Dakota; borders Canada):
  • Sundance Oil and Gas picked up about 1,600 acres at around $1,200/acre (as little as $310/acre to as much as $1,600/acre).
From this:
From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Wood was a founding member of three NGP-backed oil and gas companies; Classic Resources Inc., Classic Petroleum Inc. and Classic Petroleum Resources Inc. Mr. Wood led all land activities for the Ark-La-Tex focused companies. After Classic Petroleum’s sale to Chesapeake Energy in 2005, Mr. Wood was employed by Chesapeake as an Acquisition Manager for East Texas until June of 2006. Since leaving Chesapeake in 2006, Mr. Wood has served as an Acquisition Consultant for several companies (including Petrohawk Energy, Grand Energy, Peoples Energy, Camterra Resources and Chesapeake Energy) until joining Tanos in August of 2008 as Vice President-Land. 
I'll let others connect the dots.

Slawson: Six Wells on 640-Acre Spacing Unit -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here.
  • 15607, Slawson: Cabernet-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit, Dunn County
  • 15610, Slawson: Alger-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit, Mountrail County
     

Surge Energy Applies to Increase Significantly More Wells in Bottineau County -- North Dakota, USA

Link here.
15505, Surge Energy: extend Northeast Landa-Spearfish/Madison, Souris-Spearfish-Madison, North Souris-Spearfish, and/or North Souris-Madison, creating a dozen new 320-acre spacing units and to drill 12 wells on these units; also it looks like six 180-acre unis with one well on each; Bottineau County

BR, QEP: Looking To Drill 12 Additional Wells in Single 2560-Acre Spacing Units in McKenzie County -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

I am in the process of transcribing the NDIC hearing dockets for August.

This caught my attention:
  • 15373, BR: Dimmick Lake-Bakken; Johnson Corner-Bakken; 12 additional hz wells on a single 2560-spacing unit and increase the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken Pool, McKenzie (this amounts to a well every 215 acres)
  • 15374, BR: Johnson Corner-Bakken; Pershing-Bakken; 12 additional  hz wells on a single 2560-acre unit; amend the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken pool, McKenzie
  • 15375, BR: Pershing-Bakken; North Fork-Bakken; 12 additional hz wells on a single 2560-acre unit; amend the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken pool, McKenzie
  • 15379, QEP: Heart Butte-Bakken, create one 2560-acre unit; 12 hz wells; Dunn, McLean Counties
  • 15059, cont'd, CLR: Elidah-Bakken; create a 2560-acre unit; multiple wells; McKenzie County
  • 14356, cont'd, CLR: Elm Tree-Bakken; created a 2560-acre unit; up to 4 wells




Comments later.

NDIC Hearing Dockets for August, 2011 -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

NDIC has just posted 22 pages for the Tuesday, August 30, 2011, hearing docket, and 23 pages for the Wednesday, August 31, 2011, hearing docket. I will spend the rest of the day, summarizing these dockets, and posting as I go along.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

15335, Oasis: temporary spacing for 5300 44-15H Carriere Federal, Williams County
15336, Oasis: temporary spacing
15337, Oasis: temporary spacing
15338, Oasis: temporary spacing
15339, Oasis: temporary spacing
15340, Oasis, temporary spacing
15341, Oasis: extend
15342, Oasis: Oasis, Bull Butte-Bakken, 3 hz wells on two 1280-acre units, Williams County
15343, Oasis: Squires-Bakken, 4 hz wells on a 1280-acre unit, Williams County
15344, Oasis: Camp-Bakken, 2 hz wells on 2 1280-acre units, McKenzie County
15345, Petro Harvester: Sergis-Madison, 80-acre spacing; also 160-acre spacing, a vertical well, and a horizontal well, Bottineau County
15346, Whiting: temporary spacing for Maus 23-22, Golden Valley, ND
15347, Whiting: temporary spacing
15348, Whiting: amend and correct three spacing units affected by orders 14956, 14957, 16530, and 16603
15349, Whiting: Sand Creek-Bakken, 3 haz wells on two 1280-acre spacing units, McKenzie County
15350, Whiting: extend
15351, Whiting: establish a 1280-acre unit, 1 hz well, Bakken, McKenzie
15352, Whiting: extend

15353, Whiting: Ellsworth-Bakken, 2 hz wells on 3 1280-acre units, McKenzie County
15354, Whiting: extend
15355, Whiting: extend
15356, Cornerstone: temporary spacing
15357, Petro-Hunt: temporary spacing
15358, Petro-Hunt: temporary spacing
15359, Petro-Hunt: temporary spacing
15360, Petro-Hunt: revoke Zenergy's Vallevik 23-14H, Williams County
15361, Petro-Hunt: to allow the Fort Berthold 147-94-1A-12-1H to open to the Lodgepole Formation, Dunn County
15362, Petro-Hunt: Little Knife-Bakken, 7 hz wells on 2 1280-acre units, Dunn County
15363, Petro Harvester: Sergis-Madison, looks identical to case no. 15345 above
15364, True Oil: Red Wing Creek-Madison, to establish a 480-acre unit and 1 hz well, McKenzie
15365, Hess: extend
15366, Hess: extend
15367, Hess: Big Butte-Bakken, to establish a 1280-acre unit; 3 hz wells, Mountrail County
15368, Hess: Clear Water-Bakken, to esablish 2 1280-acre units; 3 hz wells on said units, Mountrail County
15369, Hess: Wheelock-Bakken, 3 hz wells on a 1280-acre unit, Williams County
15370, Hess: Alger-Bakken, 1 hz well on 640-acre spacing, Mountrail County
15371, Hess: Capa-Bakken, 3 hz wells on a 1280-acre unit, Williams County
15372, Hess: extend
15182, cont'd, Hess: revoke CLR permit for Burr 1-19H, Williams County
14935, cont'd, Hess: revoke CLR permit for Foster 1-28H, Williams/McKenzie Counties
15373, BR: Dimmick Lake-Bakken; Johnson Corner-Bakken; 12 additional hz wells on a single 2560-spacing unit and increase the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken Pool, McKenzie (this amounts to a well every 215 acres)
15374, BR: Johnson Corner-Bakken; Pershing-Bakken; 12 additional  hz wells on a single 2560-acre unit; amend the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken pool, McKenzie
15375, BR: Pershing-Bakken; North Fork-Bakken; 12 additional hz wells on a single 2560-acre unit; amend the stratigraphic definition of the Bakken pool, McKenzie
15376, MRO: Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, 2 hz wells on 5 1280-acre units, McLean
15377, MRO: extend Lost Bridge; add 4 sections; 640-acre spacing; 1280-acre spacing; 2 wells on each unit, Dunn County
14231, cont'd, SM: revoke a CLR permit for Koeser 1-11H, McKenzie County
14451, cont'd, Sequel: establish 6 1280-acre units, 1 hz well each; McKenzie
15378, North Plains: legalese to recover risk penalty, Williams County
14527, cont'd, North Plains: to revoke a CLR permit for Sharon 1-17H, Williams
15379, QEP: Heart Butte-Bakken, create one 2560-acre unit; 12 hz wells; Dunn, McLean Counties
15380, QEP: to complete MHA 1-01-02H-149-91, Dunn, McLean Counties
15381, Allan G. Lassey: termination of the Glass Bluff-Madison unit, McKenzie, Williams
15192, cont'd, confiscate equipment at Missouri Breaks Unit #1 well, McKenzie
14541, cont'd, Oil for America: temporary spacing for Zastoupil 22-1, Stark County
15193, cont'd, CCS Midstream: to construct a treating plan in Ross Field, Mountrail County
15382, SWD.
15383, Mann Enterprises: SWD
15384, Petro Harvester: SWD
15385, Petro Harvester: SWD
15386, Petro Harvester: SWD
15387 -  15393, OXY USA: pooling
15394 - 15417, Hess: pooling
15418, Hess: SWD
15419, Hess: SWD
15420, Hess: SWD
15421, Oasis: flaring
15422 - 15429, Oasis: pooling
15430, Oasis: flaring
15431 - 15436, Oasis: pooling
15437, Oasis: flaring
15438, Oasis: unrestricted production and flaring until December 31, 2011
15439, Oasis: unrestricted production and flaring until December 31, 2011
15440 - 15442, BTA: pooling
15443 - 15469, Whiting: pooling
15470 - 15472, KOG: pooling
15473 - 15478 , BR: pooling
15479 - 15482, GMX Resources: pooling
15483, Luff: flaring
15484, Luff: flaring
15485, Luff: flaring
15486, Luff: flaring
15487, Luff: flaring
15488, Luff: flaring
15489, Luff: flaring



Wednesday, August 31, 2011


15490, CLR: Hebron-Bakken, proper spacing, Williams County
15491, CLR: temporary spacing
15492, CLR: temporary spacing
15493, CLR: extend
15224, cont'd, CRL: revoke Hess 2WX 7-1H (#20123)
15059, cont'd, CLR: Elidah-Bakken; create a 2560-acre unit; multiple wells; McKenzie County
14356, cont'd, CLR: Elm Tree-Bakken; created a 2560-acre unit; up to 4 wells; McKenzie
14062, cont'd, CLR: temp spacing
14543, cont'd, CLR: temp spacing
15494, EOG: temp spacing
15495, EOG: Spotted Horn-Bakken; create a 1280-acre unit; 3 hz wells; another 1280-acre unit and 2 hz wells on that unit, McKenzie
15496, Renegade: temp spacing
15497, Newfield: Westberg-Bakken, create a 1280-acre unit;5 hz wells; McKenzie
15220, cont'd, Newfield: temp spacing
15498, Crescent Point: extend
15499, OXY: extend
15500, Zenergy: Indian Hill-Bakken; create a 1280-acre unit, 2 hz wells; McKenzie County
15501, Zenergy: extend
15222, cont'd, Zenergy: extend
15502, Samson Resources: extend Baukol-Bakken; establish 2 1920-acre units, 1 hz well each; Divide County
15503, Dakota-3: Eagle Nest-Bakken; establish a 320-acre unit with 1 hz well; a 960-acre unit with 2 hz units; McKenzie County
15504, Triangle:
15505, Surge Energy: extend Northeast Landa-Spearfish/Madison, Souris-Spearfish-Madison, North Souris-Spearfish, and/or North Souris-Madison, creating a dozen new 320-acre spacing units and to drill 12 wells on these units; also it looks like six 180-acre units with one well on each; Bottineau County
15506, Baytex: Ambrose, Whiteaker, Plumer, and/or Burg-Bakken,  extend, to establish 36 1280-acre units; 1 hz well each; Divide County
15507, Baytex: temp spacing
15508, BEXP: Kittleson Slough-Bakken, a 1280-acre unit; 1 hz well, Mountrail
15509, Silver Oak Energy: Cedar Hills-Red River "B", establish 4 640-acre units, 3 hz wells each
15510, GMX Resources: Tree Top-Bakken, exten
15511, Liberty Resources: revoke Newfield permit for Berger 156-100-7-6-1H9#21198)
15066, cont'd, ERF: Eagle Nest-Bakken, extend; establish a 1280-acre unit; 7 hz wells
14081, cont'd, Sinclair Oi: temp spacing
15512, OXY USA: Crooked Creek-Bakken, 6 wells on four 1280-acre units (24 wells)
15513, OXY USA: SWD
15514 - 15525, OXY USA: pooling
15526, Baytex: SWD
15527 - 15530, Baytex: pooling

15531, Newfield: Tobacco Garden-Bakken, 5 wells, on a 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
15532, Newfield: Haystack Butte-Bakken, 5 wells on a 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
15533 - 15534, Newfield: pooling
15535, Fidelity: pooling
15536 - 15555, XTO: pooling
15556, XTO: North Fork-Bakken, 3 wells on a 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
15557, XTO: Capa-Bakken, 3 wells on a 1280-acre unit; Williams
15558 - 15561, CLR: pooling
15562, CLR: legalese on a risk penalty
15563, CLR: legalese on a risk penalty
15564, EOG: legalese on a risk penalty
15565, EOG: legalese on a risk penalty
15566 - 15575, EOG, pooling
15576, EOG: Spotted Horn-Bakken, 2 wells on a 1280-acre unit; and 3 wells on a 640-acre unit, McKenzie
15577, EOG: SWD
15578, Samson Resources: flaring
15579, Samson Resources: flaring
15580, Samson Resources: flaring
15581 - 15582, Samson Resources: pooling
15583 - 15585, Denbury Onshore: pooling
15586, Denbury Onshore: SWD
15587 - 15598, BEXP, pooling
15599, BEXP: Williston-Bakken, 4 wells on 2 1280-acre units, Williams
15600, BEXP: SWD
15601, BEXP: Rosebud-Bakken, 4 wells on 3 1280-acre units, Williams, McKenzie Counties
15279, cont'd, BEXP: flaring
15602, Missouri Basin Well Service: SWD
15603, Dakota-3: Eagle Nest-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre spacing unit, Dunn County
15604, Dakota-3: Reunion Bay-Bakken, 7 wells each on 2 1280-acre units, Mountrail County
15605, Dakota-3: Van Hook-Bakken, 7 wells each on 2 1280-acre units, Mountrail County
15606, Slawson: Saxon-Bakken, 2 wells on a 1280-acre unit, Dunn County
15607, Slawson: Cabernet-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit, Dunn County
15608, Slawson: Four Bears-Bakken, 7 wells on a 1280-acre unit, McKenzie, Mountrail Counties
15609, Slawson: Ross-Bakken, 3 wells on a 1280-acre unit, Mountrail County
15610, Slawson: Alger-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit; Mountrail County
15611, Slawson: SWD
15612, Slawson: SWD
15613, Slawson: SWD
15614 - 15617, Silver Oak: pooling
15618, Hunt: commingling
15619, Hunt: commingling
15620, Hunt: commngling
15621, Hunt: commingling
15622, Hunt: commingling
15623, Hunt: commingling
15624, Hunt: commingling
15625, Hunt: commingling
15626, Hunt: commingling
15627, Hunt: commingling
15628, RM Resources: SWD
15629, G3 Operating: SWD
15630, G3 Operating: SWD
15631, Epworth Operating: SWD
15632, Bennett: SWD
15633: Fidelity: Dutch Henry-Bakken, flaring, Stark County
15634, EOG, Zenergy: Squires, flaring and unrestricted production, Williams
15635, Dakota-3, ERF, EOG: Spotted Horn-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, McKenzie, Mountrail
15636, BEXP, CLR, EOG, Hunt, Slawson: Ross-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, Mountrail
15637, Denbury Onshore, OXY USA: Ragged Butte-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, McKenzie
15638, Newfield: Pembroke-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, McKenzie
15639, ERF: Moccasin Creek-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, Dunn
15640, ERF: McGregory Buttes-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, Dunn
15641, Samson Resources: Forthun-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, Burke, Divide
15642, Zenergy, Eightmile-Bakken, flaring and unrestricted production, Williams, Mckenzie
15643, Dakota-3, ERF, Slawson: flaring and unrestricted production, Dunn, McKenzie
15644, Denbury Onshore, OXY USA: Crooked Creek-Bakken, flaring, unrestricted production, Dunn
15645, BEXP, Citation, XTO, Zavanna: Buford-Bakken, flaring, unrestricted production, Williams, McKenzie Counties


That completes the cases, but now much needs to be filled in which may or may not occur over the next few days.